GAOFEN 1-02, 43259
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GAOFEN 1-02, 43259 is a payload satellite owned by GGKGJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 31 Mar 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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Identifier
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
DFH
Mission
Operational Civil Imaging
Bus & Motor
CAST-2000, AOCS
Mass
805 kg wet, ~700 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 2.0 m
Radar Cross Section
4.991 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 hours ago
TLE from 9 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 1-02
1 43259U 18031A 26306.88934978 .00000697 00000-0 10747-3 0 9993
2 43259 98.0366 8.9001 0001324 296.4143 63.6931 14.76484331463163Epoch: 2026-11-02T21:20Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-02T21:20:39.820Z)
Latitude
-0.00002°
Longitude
6.57429°
Altitude
643.044 km
Speed
7.537 km/s
True Right ascension
00h 35m 36s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
02:14:01
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
638.424 km
Perigee altitude
636.566 km
Semi-major axis
7,015.632 km
Eccentricity
0.00013
Inclination
98.0366°
RAAN
8.9001°
Arg. of periapsis
296.4143°
True anomaly
63.7067°
Mean anomaly
63.6931°
Eccentric anomaly
63.6999°
Mean motion
3.69354 °/min
Orbital period
97.47 mins
BSTAR
0.00010747
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Other satellites on launch #31 in the year 2018 (2018-03-31 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.GAOFEN 1-02 Visibility forecast
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Span | Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order | Start Az. | Max El. time (UTC) | Max El. Az. | Max El. | End time (UTC) | End Az. |
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| 7 mins | 2026-11-03 17:26:22.554Z | 1.305° NNE | 2026-11-03 17:29:22.554Z | 284.906° WNW | 61.689° | 2026-11-03 17:33:22.554Z | 206.716° SW |
| 8 mins | 2026-11-04 04:21:22.554Z | 170.234° S | 2026-11-04 04:25:22.554Z | 209.477° SW | 74.462° | 2026-11-04 04:29:22.554Z | 344.106° N |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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